Genetic Nurses: Holistic Family Care
Genetics
Christopher C. Garcia
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Genetics
Genetic conditions affect a significant portion of the general population, although any one condition is relatively rare. People with a genetic condition may require health and social services from a number of professionals, depending on the types of problems caused by the condition. While most of those providing care may focus on a system or type of problem, the genetics nurse is able to address the impact of the condition as a whole and the issues that arise from the potentially inherited nature of the condition(ANA, 2004). Furthermore, the genetics nurse offers holistic family care that addresses the needs of the affected individuals, family members at risk for …show more content…
Nurses in these specialties were among the first healthcare professionals to provide care for and address the needs of individuals and families diagnosed with or at risk for transmission of a genetic condition. Historically, genetics services were often provided by public health nurses through maternal and child health programs(Burton, 2003). In the 1960s, nurses in North America and Europe began to describe the implications of genetics for professional practice and the care of individuals, families, and communities. In the United States, the passage of the Genetic Diseases Act in 1976 and the subsequent funding of state and federal programs to provide prenatal and pediatric genetics services brought the importance of integrating genetics into clinical nursing practice to the attention of nurse clinicians, administrators, researchers, and academicians. A landmark consensus conference was held in 1980 to identify the current level of genetics education received by undergraduate and graduate nurses, to describe the genetics knowledge needed by all nurses, and to make recommendations for programs to address the gaps between knowledge and practice (Forsman, 1994). Between 1980 and 1984, a growing number of nurses participated in local, state, and federal genetics services programs. Activities included the development of collegiate …show more content…
Although CRNAs do not typically practice in genetics settings, the standards offer guidance in those areas where genetics bears on CRNA practice(ISONG & ANA,
Christopher C. Garcia
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Genetics
Genetic conditions affect a significant portion of the general population, although any one condition is relatively rare. People with a genetic condition may require health and social services from a number of professionals, depending on the types of problems caused by the condition. While most of those providing care may focus on a system or type of problem, the genetics nurse is able to address the impact of the condition as a whole and the issues that arise from the potentially inherited nature of the condition(ANA, 2004). Furthermore, the genetics nurse offers holistic family care that addresses the needs of the affected individuals, family members at risk for …show more content…
Nurses in these specialties were among the first healthcare professionals to provide care for and address the needs of individuals and families diagnosed with or at risk for transmission of a genetic condition. Historically, genetics services were often provided by public health nurses through maternal and child health programs(Burton, 2003). In the 1960s, nurses in North America and Europe began to describe the implications of genetics for professional practice and the care of individuals, families, and communities. In the United States, the passage of the Genetic Diseases Act in 1976 and the subsequent funding of state and federal programs to provide prenatal and pediatric genetics services brought the importance of integrating genetics into clinical nursing practice to the attention of nurse clinicians, administrators, researchers, and academicians. A landmark consensus conference was held in 1980 to identify the current level of genetics education received by undergraduate and graduate nurses, to describe the genetics knowledge needed by all nurses, and to make recommendations for programs to address the gaps between knowledge and practice (Forsman, 1994). Between 1980 and 1984, a growing number of nurses participated in local, state, and federal genetics services programs. Activities included the development of collegiate …show more content…
Although CRNAs do not typically practice in genetics settings, the standards offer guidance in those areas where genetics bears on CRNA practice(ISONG & ANA,